My Arctic Friend



Konovalova Polina Victorovna. 11 лет. HIGH

Before I took part in the Expedition through the Arctic, I had lived by a schedule. In the Arctic you lose sense of time. Having 24 hours of sunlight we could start our hiking at what we thought was 3 PM but it was actually 3 AM.
Our entire being was focused on one thing: survival.
That day or night (I can’t say for sure) I was on polar bear watch while the others were sleeping.
I didn’t have to fall asleep so I looked outside for some fresh air and came face to face with a ...

polar bear .It was a big animal with small eyes like buttons and a big black nose .At first I was terrified .I had heard a lot of stories about dangerous polar bear , especially when you meet them in Arctic so closely .But then I noticed that this bear was friendly .It was a little cub . 'It is hungry'- I thought .I came inside and took some fish and several tins of food .When I went outside the cub was still there .I gave some food to the bear and it wolved it at once.

There was only one tin left .But it was tin of condensed milk .'Ok' ! – I thought .This is for dessert .I opened the tin and offered it to the cub .The bear sniffed a bit, licked it and ate it up with great pleasure .Soon it went away .The next day the bear appeared again It came to have a snack .I wasn't so scared and gave it some food again .We became friends and the bear came to me every day .I took a lot of photos and when I returned home I often looked through the photos because I missed my friend very much !
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